Glove-form.



J. A. lsAAcs.

GLOVE FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 191e.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

Maw/ V27/idem# I I J; 0 l Q Q Q J M@ AHORA/EVS JOSEPH A. ISAACS, OFWESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

- Y GLOVE-roam.

' Lerares.,

Application led March 25, 1916.

i To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JosEPiI A. lames, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of lVestfield, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey, have invented anew l and Improved Glove-Form, of which the tion.

following is a full, clear, and exact descrip- The object of theinvention is to provide a new and improved glove form more especiallydesigned for maintaining the proper shape of a glove and to prevent thesame from shrinking while drying and afte-r having been washed, and tosupport the glove for cleaning purposes and in such a. manner that allparts can be readily reached both for cleaning and mending or repairing.

Another .object is to hold the glove ywhile Vnot in use in a practicallystretched position v to prevent the glove from wrinkling orv otherwiselosing its shape and at the same time to allow the evaporation of anymoisture that may bein the glove due to perspi'ring hands or othercauses. y

Another object-is to utilize the glove form y in show windows fordisplaying the glove tothe best advantage. l

In order to accomplish the desired result,

i use is made of skeleton fingers, a skeleton palm, a skeleton forearmand a movablev Y skeleton thumb, the parts all being preferably made ofspring wire.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

' which similar` characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views. `l

Figure 1 is a plan view of a double glove form with the two parts inextended posh' tion; f

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same in folded position; and 1 Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the glove vform in easel shape for use in show win?formed of spring wire, and one of the-pieces is bent to form skeletonfingers 12,13, 111 and 15, of which the outer members 'of the foreinger12 and the little finger 15 are extended to provide sides 16, 17 shapedto repre- Specication of Letters Patent. i

Patented Feb.. 6, 191'?.

serial no. 86,602.

sent a forearm. The sides 16 and 17 of the /form 10 terminate in eyes 18and 19 through which extend transverse arms 2O and 21 extendingintegrally from the sides 16 and 17 of the other glove form 11. Thus bythe arrangement described the two glove forms 10 and 11 are hingedlyconnected with each other at the ends of the forearms so as to permit ofextending the forms 10 and 11,

as shown in Fig. 1, for conveniently placing `a pair of gloves inposition on the said forms, and for folding the forms one on top of theother, as shown in Fig. 2, for conveniently hanglng up the form whilethe gloves thereon are drying. rThe ends of the arms 20, 21 are twistedtogether to form a hook 22 forvsuspendmg the form from a v suitablesupport.

The thumb 25 for each glove form 10 and 11 is made of a single piece ofspring wire and the ends thereof are bent to form eyes 26 and 27engaging kinks 28 and 29 formed on the side 16 of the forearm adjacentto the forefinger 12 so that the thumb 25 is held in proper positionrelatively to the forefinger 12 and can be swung sidewise to permit ofproperly stretching the thumb of the glove.

A skeleton palm 30 is made of a single piece of spring wire and is bentto extend etween the sides 16 and 17 and fastened thereto by solder orother means, and the` outerend of the palm 30 abuts against the innerends of the fingers 12, 13 and 14, which inner ends may be soldered `orotherwise fastened to the outer end of the palm 30. Normally thefingers, thumb, palm and forearm lie in the same plane and only thethumb 25 is made to swing, as previously explained.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described a` glove can bereadily drawn over each form 10 and 11 to maintain the proper shapethereof and to prevent the glove from shrinking while drying and afterthe glove has been Washed.

1t will also be noticed that a glove when stretched over a form can bereadily cleaned,

and, as the ngers are spaced apart, every portion of the glove can bereadily reached for cleaning purposes.

rllheforms can also b e used for holding a pair of gloves in practicallystretched posin tion when not in use to prevent the gloves LfromWrinkling or otherwise losing their shape.

In the easel forni, shown in Fig-3, the construction is practically thesame as above described with the exception that the sides 16 and 17 ofthe forearm are devoid of eyes 18 and 19 or cross arms 20, 21, and areadapt'- ed to rest on the bottom of a show window or other support. Inorder to hold this glove form in display position use is made of braces40 of wire and terminating at their f upper ends in eyes 41 pivotallyengaging kinks 42 formed in the sides 16 and 17. The lower ends of thebraces 40 are'turned into coils 43 adapted to rest on the surface-on Ywhich the sides 16 and 17; are resting. ,This

form is used in the same manner as above described relatively to Figs. 1and 2, it being understood that as the glove is open along the medianline it readily accommodates the braces 40 so that the back of the gloveis dis-J played to the fullest advantage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: A

1. A glove forni, comprising skeletonllingers formed from a single pieceof wire and having the side members extended to forni a skeletonforearm, one member of theforearm being provided with kinks, and askeleton v thumb formed of single piece of wire, the

members of which are of unequal length and terminate in eyes engagingthe kinks of the forearm, the inner shorter member being approXimatelyparallel with the forenger and the outer 4longer member graduallyinclining inwardly to the forearm.

2. A glove form comprising skeleton fin` gers, a skeleton forearm, thesaid fingers and forearm being made of a single piece of wire, askeleton thumb made of wire and pivoted on a member common to both theforefinger and the said forearm, and a skeleton palm formed of asinglepiece of wire and extending between the outer members of the saidforearm and abutting aga-mst the inner ends of the said fingers.

3. A- glove form comprising two skeleton forms each having skeletonfingers, and a skeleton forearm, the said fingers and' forearm beingmade of a single piece of wire, the ends of the forearms of one formbeing provided with eyes and the ends of the other form having armsextending through saidv v eyes and hingedly connectingthe forms witheach other.- Y v .Y

4. A glove form comprising two skeleton formsv each having skeletonfingers, a skele ton forearm, the said lingers andforearm ends of theforearms of the two forms being hingedly connected with Aeach other,a-skeleton palm of a single piece'of ,wire/ attachedl to the outermembers of the said forearm adjacent the inner ends of the' saidfingers, and

`.a thumb hinged on one side member of the forearm.

5. A glove form, comprising two parts lsaid, kinks, and a skeleton palmformed of a single piece of wire secured between the members oftheforearm and abutting against the fingers.-

In'testimo'ny whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

'JOSEPH A Iisnkcs.

lVitnesses THEO. Gr. Hos'rER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

being made of a single piece of wire, the y

